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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning are making it possible for learners all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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